Your organisation needs cybersecurity support — but where should you start?
The answer depends on the question you need to resolve. You might be preparing to launch an application, reviewing infrastructure configurations, investigating suspicious activity or looking for specialist personnel.
These situations require different types of support. Before selecting a service, define the concern, the systems involved and the decisions the findings should help you make.
This guide explains five common starting points, what each service addresses and what to prepare before an engagement.
Which cybersecurity service fits your needs?
| Your main concern | A relevant starting point |
| Could someone exploit weaknesses in our applications or infrastructure? | Penetration Testing |
| Are our systems securely designed and configured? | Security Consulting & Hardening |
| Are our credentials or data exposed externally? | Cyber Threat Intelligence |
| Could our systems already have been compromised? | Compromise Assessment |
| Do we need additional security expertise or delivery resources? | Security Staffing & BrSE |
These services can complement one another. The table provides a starting point for discussion rather than a fixed sequence every organisation must follow.
1. Penetration testing
Penetration testing uses authorised, controlled attack simulations to examine whether weaknesses can be exploited within an agreed scope.
Consider it when preparing an application for launch, introducing significant system changes or conducting a periodic security review.
For example, a business launching a customer portal may want to assess how its application handles authentication, permissions and access to sensitive information.
How it Supports Your Business
At Rikkeisoft, Penetration testing can support security reviews across:
- Websites, mobile applications and APIs: Assess exploitable weaknesses in applications and their interfaces.
- Cloud and network environments: Examine potential weaknesses within the agreed infrastructure scope.
- Pre-launch and recurring assessments: Review security before deployment or through periodic testing.
Findings can help teams understand exposure and prioritise corrective action within the assessment’s scope.
2. Security consulting and hardening
Security consulting examines how security requirements fit into system design. Hardening focuses on reducing unnecessary exposure through more secure technical configurations.
Support can cover operating systems, databases, networks and cloud environments. It may be relevant when building infrastructure, migrating applications or reviewing existing configurations.
For example, an organisation introducing a cloud platform may need to examine access arrangements, configuration choices and connections between services.
How it Supports Your Business
At Rikkeisoft, Security consulting and hardening can address:
- System design and security assessments: Review architecture and identify security gaps.
- Operating-system and database hardening: Strengthen configurations and reduce unnecessary exposure.
- Network and cloud hardening: Review configurations against relevant security requirements.
Recommendations should reflect the organisation’s technology environment and operational needs. Assessment, implementation and validation responsibilities depend on the agreed engagement.
3. Cyber threat intelligence
Cyber threat intelligence examines threat information to support security decisions. It can help organisations understand external exposure and activity relevant to their business or supply chains.
Service coverage can include deep- and dark-web monitoring, leaked credential and exposed data discovery, and intelligence concerning targeted threats.
This support may be relevant when an organisation needs greater visibility into information circulating outside its environment or threats that warrant closer attention.
How it Supports Your Business
Cyber threat intelligence can provide visibility into:
- Deep- and dark-web exposure: Monitor relevant sources for information associated with the organisation.
- Leaked credentials and exposed data: Identify potential disclosures that require validation and follow-up.
- Targeted threats and supply-chain risks: Examine relevant threat activity, including advanced persistent threat campaigns.
Relevant intelligence can help teams assess emerging concerns and make informed security decisions.
4. Compromise assessment
Compromise assessment investigates systems for possible evidence of intrusion.
It may be relevant when suspicious activity remains unexplained, potential data exposure raises concerns or an organisation needs to examine critical systems more closely.
If an incident is actively unfolding, discuss immediate incident-response requirements with the provider rather than assuming a scheduled assessment will address urgent containment needs.
How it Supports Your Business
At Rikkeisoft, Compromise assessment can investigate:
- Potential intrusion traces: Search systems for signs of activity that may have gone undetected.
- Fileless malware and legitimate-tool abuse: Examine suspicious activity involving memory-based techniques or legitimate system tools.
- System evidence: Analyse available records and artefacts for indications of potential compromise.
Findings can inform further investigation and corrective action. Conclusions depend on the systems, evidence and assessment period covered.
5. Security staffing and BrSE
Specialist staffing can help when an organisation needs additional cybersecurity expertise or delivery capacity for a project.
Resources can include cybersecurity engineers, security assessment specialists and Security BrSE personnel. Bridge engineers support communication and coordination between clients and delivery teams, including the interpretation of technical requirements.
Support may be arranged through project-based, onsite or offshore engagements, depending on the organisation’s needs.
How it Supports Your Business
At Rikkeisoft, Specialist staffing can supplement internal teams through:
- Cybersecurity engineers: Contribute technical expertise to security-related project activities.
- Security assessment specialists: Support the evaluation of systems and potential weaknesses.
- Security bridge engineers: Help coordinate security requirements and communication between clients and delivery teams.
Resources can be provided through project-based, onsite and offshore engagements, with responsibilities and delivery arrangements agreed according to the organisation’s needs.
Choosing the Right Cybersecurity Support
For enterprises operating in Vietnam, finding cybersecurity support involves more than selecting a technical service. It requires access to specialists who understand the organisation’s systems, operational requirements and international delivery needs.
Rikkeisoft brings cybersecurity project experience and expertise in enterprise IT and software engineering to help organisations address security challenges, with specialist support through further development with RK Global Cyber (RGC).
Its comprehensive business partnership MOU with LAC Co., Ltd. provides a framework for strengthening this direction. The collaboration aims to combine LAC’s security technologies and operational experience with Rikkeisoft’s engineering resources, multilingual workforce and international delivery network.
The partnership focuses on joint cybersecurity service planning and delivery, alongside developing security professionals equipped to contribute to international projects. Collaboration is intended to begin in Japan, with opportunities across Vietnam and APAC to be explored.
For enterprises seeking support, Rikkeisoft’s cybersecurity offering provides starting points across penetration testing, security consulting and hardening, threat intelligence, compromise assessment and specialist staffing. The relevant scope and delivery arrangements can be discussed according to each organisation’s requirements.
For further context, read our articles on cyber resilience and business continuity and how cyber incidents affect business operations.
